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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • obedience/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/nounB2Doing as you are told.
  • obedient/əˈbiːdɪənt/adjectiveB2Willing to do as you are told.
  • obituary/əˈbɪt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹi/nounB2A published account of the life of someone who has recently died.
  • object/ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/nounA16 meaningsA thing you can see and touch; a material item.
  • objection/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/nounB2A stated reason for disagreeing with or opposing something.
  • obligation/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩/
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nounB22 meanings
Something you must do because of duty, law or a promise.
  • obnoxious/əbˈnɒkʃəs/adjectiveB2So loud and unpleasant that everyone is annoyed.
  • observant/əbˈzɝvənt/adjectiveB22 meaningsQuick to notice things.
  • observation/ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn̩/nounB2Careful watching, or a remark about what was seen.
  • observatory/əbˈzɜːvət(ə)ɹi/nounB2A building from which the sky is studied.
  • observe/əbˈzɜːv/verbB24 meaningsTo watch something carefully over time in order to learn from it.
  • observer/əbˈzɝvɚ/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who watches in an official role.
  • obstacle/ˈɒbstəkəl/nounB2Something standing in the way.
  • obstruction/əbˈstɹʌk.ʃən/nounB2Something that blocks the way, or the blocking itself.
  • obtain/əbˈteɪn/verbB22 meaningsTo get something, often with effort.
  • obvious/ˈɑb.vi.əs/adjectiveB13 meaningsEasy to see or understand, and needing no explanation.
  • occasional/əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsHappening now and then, with gaps in between.
  • occupation/ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe control of a country by a foreign army.
  • occupy/ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/verbB25 meaningsTo fill a space or a period of time.
  • occur/əˈkɜː/verbB13 meaningsTo happen or take place.
  • occur tophraseB2To come into somebody's mind as an idea.
  • octagon/ˈɒktəɡ(ə)n/nounB2A flat shape with eight straight sides.
  • odd/ɒd/adjectiveB15 meaningsStrange or unusual in a way that puzzles you.
  • oddly/ˈɑdli/adverbB1+2 meaningsIn a strange or unusual manner.
  • odds/ɑdz/nounB22 meaningsThe likelihood of something happening.
  • off the beaten trackphraseB2Away from the places most people go.
  • off the top of my headphraseB2Answering from memory, without checking.
  • off-balanceadjectiveB12 meaningsUnsteady and in danger of falling.
  • off-licencenounB2A shop licensed to sell alcohol to take away.
  • off-peakadjectiveB2Outside the busiest hours, and usually cheaper.
  • off-seasonnounB2The quiet months when few tourists come.
  • offend/əˈfɛnd/verbB23 meaningsTo hurt someone's feelings or upset their sense of what is proper.
  • offender/əˈfen.də(ɹ)/nounB22 meaningsA person who has broken the rules or the law.
  • offensive/əˈfɛnsɪv/nounB23 meaningsA large planned attack.
  • offering/ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/nounB24 meaningsSomething given to a god, a temple or a church as an act of worship.
  • officer/ˈɒf.ɪ.sə/nounA22 meaningsA person holding a position of authority in the armed forces or police.
  • offshore/ɒfˈʃɔː(ɹ)/adverbB22 meaningsOut at sea, away from the coast.
  • ointment/ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt/nounB2A greasy healing preparation rubbed onto the skin.
  • olive/ˈɒ.lɪv/nounB22 meaningsA small bitter Mediterranean fruit eaten cured or pressed for oil.
  • omannounB2The peaceful Gulf country of Muscat, deserts, and dramatic coasts.
  • omission/ə(ʊ)ˈmɪʃ.ən/nounB2+2 meaningsSomething that has been left out.
  • omnivore/ˈɒmnɪvɔː/nounB2An animal that eats both plants and meat.
  • on callphraseB2Available to be called on for work at any time.
  • on cloud ninephraseB2Floating with pure happiness.
  • on good termsphraseB2In a friendly relationship with somebody.
  • on second thoughtphraseB2Having reconsidered.
  • on the mendphraseB2Getting better after being ill.
  • on the same pagephraseB2Agreeing and understanding things the same way.
  • on the same wavelengthphraseB2Understanding each other without having to explain.
  • on the spur of the momentphraseB2Decided suddenly, with no planning at all.
  • on the tip of my tonguephraseB2Almost remembered, and refusing to arrive.
  • on the wholephraseB2Generally speaking, ignoring the exceptions.
  • on thin icephraseB2In a risky position where one more mistake means trouble.
  • once in a blue moon/wʌns ɪn ə bluː muːn/phraseB2Happening extremely rarely.
  • one/wʌn/nounA13 meaningsThe number 1, the first and smallest whole counting number.
  • one of these daysphraseB2At some unspecified future time.
  • one-on-oneadjectiveB2Between just two people.
  • one-way systemnounB2A pattern of streets where traffic goes only one way.
  • ongoing/ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/adjectiveB2Still going on and not yet finished.
  • onward/ˈɒnwəd/adverbB2+2 meaningsContinuing forward in space or time.